…and I don’t know which possibility is the least worrying

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    7 months ago

    Crunching the numbers in your example, there’s a 92% chance no coin does better than 55% correct. Randomness happens, but the law of large numbers usually refers to much larger numbers than 1000, and there aren’t 1000 huge companies being investigated right now. I think suspicion is warranted here

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      7 months ago

      You’re saying my intentionally over simplified example to get a point across wasn’t perfect? Amazing analysis…

      Do you go by the nickname Captain Obvious with your friends?